Here are all the guides, tips, and strategies to enjoy playing Sonic Advance with unlockables and cheats.
Unlockables
Play as Sonic & Tails in Story Mode
On the main menu, pick Game Start, then highlight Sonic on the character select screen. Instead of hitting A like you normally would, press the following buttons:
- Up, right, down, right, L, right, R, right, A
If you enter the code correctly, you’ll hear a ring chime. Now when you start a level, you’ll play as Sonic with an AI-controlled Tails following you around.
Tiny Chao Garden
Beat the game using any character.
Moon Zone
Retrieve all 7 Chaos Emeralds with any character, then beat the game with every character. Use Sonic to beat the Moon Zone to unlock it as a playable stage.
Cheats
The game is enjoyable by itself, but cheating makes it even better. Always keep in mind to input codes with an Action Replay, Codebreaker, or GameShark. All the below codes are compatible with most emulators.
Note: before entering cheats, be aware that altering the game can cause random freezing and several other glitches.
GameShark
Master Code (Enable Cheats)
D409B2E2 0000CD66
D70776EC 0000D19D
Invincible
03005A0C 00000002
Normal Barrier (Invisible, but there)
03005A46 00000001
Lightning Barrier (Invisible, but there)
03005A46 00000008
Infinite Air
03005A7A 0000000F
Infinite Lives
03005024 0000000A
Infinite Rings
13004FEC 000003E7
Unlimited Rings in Chao Garden
13003938 00002B66
Unlock All Levels (Sonic)
03005168 0000000F
Max Score
23005030 05F5E0FF
Guaranteed Special Stage on Level Complete
6012660C 000046C0
No Death After Zero Rings
60018CFC 000046C0
Never Lose Rings
60018CDC 0000E04C
Infinite Time
6007A9C8 0000E035
Tails Follows All Characters
60079D70 000046C0
60079D80 000046C0
Always Swim
6008949C 0000E000
600894BC 0000E000
60089624 00001E0A
Collect Rings From Anywhere
6000FFC0 000046C0
6000FFF8 000046C0
60010000 0000E008
Moon Jump
D3005A58 00000001
13005A2A 0000FD00
Codebreaker
Master Code (Enable Cheats)
0000FFE5 000A
1000122A 0007
Best Time for Zone Clear
83005034 0001
Infinite Rings
83004FEC 03E7
Infinite Lives
33005024 000A
Quick Score Gain
83005030 FFFF
Max Score
83005030 967F
83005032 0098
Max Rings (Special Stage)
33005078 00FF
Get All 7 Chaos Emeralds
3300517C 007F
Normal Shield (Invisible, but there)
33005A46 0001
Lightning Shield (Invisible, but there)
33005A56 0008
Play as Sonic
33005084 0000
Play as Tails
33005084 0001
Play as Knuckles
33005084 0002
Play as Amy
33005084 0003
Neo Green Hill Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 0000
Neo Green Hill Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 0001
Secret Base Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 0002
Secret Base Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 0003
Casino Paradise Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 0004
Casino Paradise Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 0005
Ice Mountain Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 0006
Ice Mountain Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 0007
Angel Island Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 0008
Angel Island Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 0009
Egg Rocket Zone (Act 1)
3300514C 000A
Cosmic Angel Zone (Act 2)
3300514C 000B
X-Zone
3300514C 000C
The Moon Zone
3300514C 000D
Forest Chao Garden
3300514C 000E
Factory Chao Garden
3300514C 000F
Pinball Chao Garden
3300514C 0010
Space Chao Garden
3300514C 0011
Invincibility
33005A3C 0010
Infinite Air
33005A7A 000C
Action Replay
All Characters Can Play w/ Tails
84E37E9F 7366A900
65DA389A 09D8882C
EF2FCCA1 B6809375
65DA389A 09D8882C
Always Swim
78FA03A8 24E302D8
CDE8AE47 E0DF7372
80F4C951 DD8D8BC8
CDE8AE47 E0DF7372
8B6BB800 845BD904
2CF7DFF8 5EA41279
Bypass Special Stage Limit
39DBF14E 3E49F34D
65DA389A 09D8882C
Disable Death
24DB9BF3 FDEB152E
65DA389A 09D8882C
Never Lose Rings
5E22473D 0B02AE9A
34F4199F AA6BDBE3
Infinite Flight
4344F523 B67B9499
14551F08 02AD46B7
Moon Jump
877F0F33 CDE51C4A
EF0BDE0E D0FA5876